Alien: Covenant
More often than not, sci-fi movies are quite heavy on fiction and light on the actual science part. So, whether we asked for it or not, the science community’s coolest nerd is going to tell us what’s what. But he doesn’t just stick to sci-fi movies. As you’ll see, he attacks films like Baywatch, too.
Ridley Scott behind the scenes on Alien: Covenant 2017. Source: Shutterstock
Let’s begin with the Alien films that have been directed by Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Tyson’s beef is with 2017’s Alien: Covenant specifically, in which a group of human couples are sent to a planet far into the galaxy to colonize it for the continuation of humankind. The issue: “There is no sensible space mission that’s gonna send humans to a planet before we send robots,” Tyson said.